Not time to wait
the consequences severe
the choice to follow
something very clear
In the urgency of the moment
leaving all behind
going when we are called
to the shepherd’s voice cleaving
Leaving into a future
no place to rest your head
leaving all behind
letting the dead bury the dead
October 19, 2010
Matthew 8:18-22
Matthew 8:1-10:15
http://www.heartlight.org/cgi-shl/reading.cgi?plan=straight&ver=NAS
Heartlight’s Straight Through Bible Study
for October 10, 2010,
read October 19, 2010
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